RARE VINTAGE RAF BRIZE NORTON AIRCRAFT 540LB SHELL TABLE/ DESK DISPLAY MODEL, Plaque, Badge

'One off' - scratch build. 

Wooden base, wooden turned shell, enamelled Metal Royal Air Force Station - Brize Norton badge and 'original' brass identification / information curved plate, which was presumably attached to a shell originally. 

Information on the plate as below.

M.C. 540LB. MK

Ref No: T8225343

MFR & Date : SAC

Empty Serial No: S.J.

Empty Lot No: Revill

Filling: STU

Filler & date: Feb 85

Filled Lot No: TO

Filled Serial No: Apl 87

Exd Date: 8 April 87

STN: Royal Air Force - Brize Norton

27cm x 16.5cm x 7cm approx

Good condition, with some superficial wear and marks

British 540lb Medium Capacity (MC), general-purpose (GP), aircraft shell, with numerous different variants and marks (Mk). During WWII the British adopted a description of general-purpose (GP) shell as medium capacity (MC) bombs. The principal modern British Shells are 540lb (245 kg) and 1,000lb (454 kg) and are no longer in service. The smaller 540lb was retired with the demise of the Harrier GR9 aircraft with the larger 1000lb being retired in Apr 2019.